Pew Sheet 23rd June 2013

St Dunstan’s Church, Monks Risborough
& St. Peter’s Chapel, Owlswick

Part of the Risborough Team Ministry

www.stdunstanschurch.com

Vicar: The Revd. James Tomkins
01844 275944 (day off Tuesday)
jamestomkins@btinternet.com
The Rectory, Mill Lane, Monks Risborough, HP27 9JE

Churchwardens: Sue Ingram 01844 275287 &
Susanne Dodds 01844 342746

Welcome!

We hope you will enjoy worshipping here with us.

The Junior Church (10 o’clock Club) meet in the Church Hall before coming into Church for Communion 

Please join us for refreshments in the Church Hall immediately after the 10.00am service.

Sunday 23rd June 2013

Fourth Sunday after Trinity

Let us come together to worship, encouraged that we serve a God who brings light into even the darkest of places.

10.00am Parish Eucharist (God in the life of… Rose Williams)

Hymns: 58 (part 2 & doxology), 16, 695
Psalm: 22 v 23-end
Communion: 412, 374, 927

First Reading    Isaiah 65 v 1-9
Many Jews questioned whether God was justified in punishing them so harshly: allowing their country to be defeated and their people taken into exile. In our reading, God gives his response.

Second Reading     Galatians 3 v 23-end
Paul explains that the Jewish Law had a temporary role that ended with Christ’s coming. It brought awareness of sin, but not freedom from it; only Christ’s death could do that. 

Gospel    Luke 8 v 26-39
Jesus has just crossed over the stormy Sea of Galilee into Gentile territory so that he can help one very troubled man.

6.00pm Owlswick Choral Evensong
Readings: Genesis 24 v 1-27, Mark 5 v 21-end
Hymns: 378, 417, 357, 463
Psalm: 71 v1-8

Prayer for the Week
Lord God, whose compassion embrasses all peoples, whose law is wisdom, freedom, and joy for the poor; fulfil in our midst your promise of favour, that we may receive the gospel of salvation with faith and, anointed by the Spirit, freely proclaim it. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

Your prayers are asked this week for:

•  The people and politicians of Brazil as they work to resolve the unrest in their country
•  those organising or visiting Bucks Arts Week, the archaeological dig and/or the Flower Festival
•  Those finishing exams or university, moving on to the next stage of their education or looking for a job
•  for the victims of disasters directly attributable to global warming and for the cancer sufferers as a result of  the reduction of the ozone layer
•  those who live in Wycombe Road (PR) and Lee Road (Sa)
•  those in need who are known in our parish:
•   and also further afield for:
  • Joan Male, Bill Male, Richard Irvine, Alastair, Marion Mullens, David Holding
•  The recently departed: Molly Whyte, Jean Pritchard, Jan Neelands
•  Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time
  • Richard Millard, Dorothy Lockwood

Please remember the charities that the parish supports, in particular this week:

Cruse Bereavement Care, supporting bereaved people and enabling anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. The organisation provides support and offers information, advice, education and training services. 

 

Notices

St. Dunstan’s Flower Festival: 28th 29th 30th June and 1st July
We will be serving cream teas/refreshments from 10 until 5.30 on each day. If you can help serve teas at any time on Friday 28th or Monday 1st please contact Janet Griffin 274235. If you can help on Saturday 29th or Sunday 30th (especially between 12 & 2 pm on the Saturday) please contact Cathy Farquhar 343226 or cathy.farquhar@btinternet.com We are expecting over 2000 visitors.  If you are able to bake cakes or scones we would be very grateful and have freezer space!

Flower Festival Sponsors and raffle tickets
If you would like to sponsor arrangement of a favourite saint for as little as £5 or £10 please pick up a leaflet from the table by the door. Raffle tickets are now available to sell with lots of fantastic prizes. Raffle ticket stubs should be returned to Peter Miles by Sunday June 30th at the latest. The aim of the Flower Festival is to open up the church to the community and to raise in excess of £5,000 for repairs to the font, stained glass window in the bell tower and a crack in the masonry by the flag pole.

Flower Festival: Concert Saturday 29th June at 7.30 pm
The Archaeus Quartet: Anne Hooley, Louise Bevan, Elizabeth Turnbull, Martin Thomas.
Programme: Haydn - Quartet in C Op.54 No 2, Skalkottas - Five Greek Dances, Dvorak – Quartet in F minor Op.9
Tickets £12 (to include a glass of wine / soft drink)
From David Shuttle, Duke Street, Princes Risborough or telephone 01844 273538

National Garden Scheme Open Gardens
Pamela and Edwin Rye are opening their garden at 11 The Paddocks, Wendover, HP22 6HE for the NGS on Friday July 5th from 5 to 8.30 pm and July 6th and 7th from 2 to 5.30pm. Do come and support a great charity.

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

A Searchlight Theatre Production at the Oasis Centre,
Bell Street, Princes Risborough on Thursday July 11th at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 each (family ticket £15 for 2 adults & 2 children from the same family). Tickets are available from Pat Kimber on 01844 273942.
Made famous by the award winning film ‘Chariots of Fire’, this new dramatization brings to life on stage the incredibly inspiring story of Eric Liddell. Paris, 6th July 1924 – the night before he has been asked to run for his country on the Sunday, we see the struggles he overcomes to stay true to his principles and what would await him once the Games were over.

Fellowship Group
On Thursday 11th July, Brian and Jackie Highe will be sharing their “experiences of bee keeping” in the church hall at 8 pm. Refreshments:   Sally Mortimer, Brass: Morna Hinch & Betty Thomas. The next walk is on Tuesday 23rd July – meet in layby at 9.15am  
      
Trip to Salisbury Saturday September 21st
Leaving at 8.45 am from the lay-by in Monks Risborough, a coach trip is being organised to Salisbury Cathedral. As part of the trip there will be a tour round the Cathedral at 12 noon together with the opportunity to attend choral evensong at 5.30 pm. At your leisure you may also wish to view the Magna Carta and/or visit the various places of interest in and around the wonderful cathedral close such as Mompesson House (National Trust); The Rifles Museum, the Salisbury Museum or the Christian bookshop at Sarum College. We shall be leaving Salisbury at about 6.15 pm to return to Monks Risborough at approximately 8.30pm. The cost of the trip is £18 (children £9) which includes entry to the cathedral. Please bring a picnic or enjoy the refreshments offered by the cathedral refectory.  If you are interested in coming please contact Rev James Tomkins (01844) 275944 jamestomkins@btinternet.com

The Next Few Weeks 

Morning Prayer takes place on Mondays (except Bank Holidays), Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45 at St. Dunstan’s.

27th June 2013	9.30am Holy Communion (open air) 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (at The Rectory) 7.00pm Flower Festival Opening Reception
28th June – July 1st	Flower and Music Festival (see below)
30th  June 2013 5th Sunday after Trinity	10.00am Parish Eucharist 6.00pm Villliage Songs of Praise
3rd July 2013	2.00pm Funeral Service of Molly Whyte
4th July 2013	9.30am Healing & Holy Communion
7th July 2013 5th Sunday after Trinity	8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am All Age Family Eucharist 6.00pm Farewell Service at St. Mary’s for Rev Denise Critchell
July 11th 2013	2.00pm Funeral service of Jan Neelands

Flower and Music Festival Programme

Friday June 28th Open 10.00 am to 7.00 pm:
Monks Risborough Horticulture Society Plant Stall; Princes Risborough Heritage Society Exhibition; Refreshments; 12.00 noon Lunchtime music performance by Monks Risborough School; Archaeological Excavation Tours (starting from 1pm)

Saturday June 29th Open 10 am to 5 pm
Organ recitals at 10.30 am; 12.00 am; 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm
Monks Risborough Horticulture Society Plant Stall; Princes Risborough Heritage Society Exhibition; Archaeological Excavation Tours (starting from 1 pm); Refreshments; Cream Teas and Vicar’s Pimms Bar in the afternoon; 7.30 pm Concert with the Archaeus String Quartet

Sunday June 30th Open 12 noon to 6 pm
Monks Risborough Horticulture Society Plant Stall; Princes Risborough Heritage Society Exhibition; Archaeological Excavation Tours (starting from 1 pm); Refreshments & Cream Teas; 2.30 pm Spring Music  by the Cisaro Trio; 4.00 pm Music for Piano and Cello; 6.00 Village Songs of Praise

Monday July 1st Open 10 am to 5 pm
12.30 pm Lunchtime music performance by Naphill and Walters Ash School; Princes Risborough Heritage Society Exhibition; Archaeological Excavation Tours (starting from 1 pm); refreshments; 4 pm Grand Raffle Prize Draw